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Old 26-December-06, 03:56 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Is it worth it...

Well, another 7 months has gone by, and i wana upgrade my video card from the 7800GT to the7900GTO...the real question is, is the GTO worth the cheese they want for it...?... Help me out here...with some friendly advise...


My system specs are opty 165 DFI Ultra LanParty NF4 D SLI...2 GIGS of G Skill ram at 2.3.2.5...
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Old 26-December-06, 11:08 PM   #2 (permalink)
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IMO, if you really want a noticeable improvement over what you have now, I'd go with an 8800-series card.

From a 7800 to a 7900 just doesn't seem like that much bang for the buck gain... But that may just be me...
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Old 26-December-06, 11:12 PM   #3 (permalink)
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yea I would also say upgrade to the 8800GTS or something in that catorgory
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Old 27-December-06, 02:43 AM   #4 (permalink)
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yea I would also say upgrade to the 8800GTS or something in that catorgory


I was told by Matts Pc that would bottle neck, running that card in my system...is this right..or what MattsPc is a good friend of mine...he knows his stuff, and i do alot of reading on PC equiptment before i make my choice...thanks for the advise guys...big thumbs up...
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Old 27-December-06, 02:57 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Matts right---It WILL bottleneck but the difference between the 7800 and the 7900 will be minimal. The 8800 will at least be future proof and even when it does bottleneck it will stil get you better preformance. Ideally you would upgrade to a Core2 + 8800.
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Old 27-December-06, 03:06 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Let me make a correction to my post guys..the card is a 7950 GTX sorry about that typo...i just caught my mistake...thanks for the advise ...still...keep pimpin...
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Old 27-December-06, 03:27 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Well here are some benchmarks with the 7950GTX and 7900GT(Which is a slightly faster 7800GT I believe). Even so you'd be way better off with an 8xxx series card---especially since they support DX10.
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Old 27-December-06, 08:42 AM   #8 (permalink)
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There is no 7950GTX, theres only the 7950GT
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Old 27-December-06, 09:13 AM   #9 (permalink)
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when he says bottleneck, he means that the 8800's faster than the rest of your rig, not the other way around.

It'd be nice to be future-proof.
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